Excellent game to follow up that horrible outing against Boston last go around. These are the games that set the tone for us going forward. We need to play every game like its the playoffs until the end of the year, its imperative to not let off the gas with how tight it is in our division.
Hughes in just insane, he should be in the Norris conversation, never mind the Calder, just look at the impact he has had on this team. Miller, Pettersson, and Toffoli are clicking big time. Markstrom has to be a Vezina finalist.
Jake Virtanen had an excellent game and was a physical force in response to Kuraly and Blidh (man every single hit they throw could be called charging, especially Kuraly, he's like a 2015 Michael Ferland), had a couple really big hits and just dumped Blidh behind the net. We need those plays, Motte provides that physicality too.
Roussel is just not himself, he must be playing hurt or something. He's missing the agitator part of his game in the new year.